PwC's Risk Assurance (RA) Cyber Security team has plans for significant growth as our clients demand greater assistance with increasingly complex information technology risks. Our clients include leading global and UK based organisations and they rely upon us to help them design and advise on information security processes and controls to effectively safeguard their organisations.

Currently we are looking to recruit up to 5 talented people to be based at our brand new PwC Leeds office. We are looking to recruit a Manager, Senior Associates and Associates as Threat and Vulnerability Management (TVM) Consultants (Ethical Hackers and Penetration Testers) to use a new ‘TVM penetration testing lab’ in Leeds and work with our national TVM team across the UK.

Our rapidly growing Cyber practice has specialists in assessing threat and vulnerability management at our clients by attacking their systems. With the permission of their owners we prod, poke, spear and crack systems to prepare our clients for when the real threats come knocking. We give them a view on how effective their current defences are.

We are looking for people who are Information Security CREST (Council of Registered Ethical Security Testers) registered / certified testers, TIGER QSTM/SST or CESG CHECK accredited. You need to have a passion for this area, and really understand what it means to use ethical hacking skills to help organisations protect their systems and their business and personal information assets. If this sounds appealing, then we advise you to review our job description.

Join us and you could be responsible for trying to break the most advanced defences in the world working with the best in their fields across industries and sectors. You could learn to develop the next generation of testing malware, working closely with forensic specialists on real custom malware samples pulled from network packet captures, or you may be coordinating a team targeting a client using your knowledge of the way adversaries operate.

Either way you'll need an enquiring mind, the tenacity to overcome technical challenges, and an ability to approach problems from different perspectives using unusual or non-conventional means, and being able to articulate your work to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Daily Life as a Threat & Vulnerability Management Consultant:

Managing and delivering security testing assignments;

Performing a variety of security testing assignments, including infrastructure and applications;

Defining the scope for security testing assignments;

Managing complex multi-faceted security testing assignments;

Developing and quality assuring security test reports;

Working with clients to develop appropriate remediation plans;

Supporting senior members of staff in the sale of security testing assignments;

Providing thought leadership and direction for the Information Security practice on malware, attack vectors and methods to protect against threats;

Experience of leading a team focused on software development, network administration or security assessments;

Experience developing custom scripts or tools used for vulnerability scanning and identification;

Excellent written and communication skills.

Location: Leeds

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